The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-22

special opin' 'ons upon il, but wis were
disposed to take part with the work
inemen simply from their disgust with
the rottenness Of our municipal admin
istation, were likewise inhib ted from
doir & 80. II they had possessed ths
courage OF DR.. MtGlynn, they, it is
presumable, would also have been
suspended, though 1t is hsrily likely
th they would have been summoned
to Rome, since, not filing b large a
place in the public eye as
THE PASTOR OF ST. STEPHENS,
they could have been disciplined here
more quietly. On the other hand, not
only was the Vicar General perm tied
to iseue pronuncismento sga INST the
workingmen's candidate, which was
distributed On the Sunday belt re
election st church doors, but without
q word of remonst ance as FIR as the
public knows, priests were rerm tied
10 speak against that party from their
affairs, and in come cases tt lesst, the
power of the Confessional and the
threat OF the refusal Of ahsolutlon was
used against the patty which opposed
the Tammsny ring.
The PEI secu'ion OF the one prie
who at last vel tured TO claim the right
OF an American citizen has been char
acterigsd by peculiar meanness and
virdictiveness which 1t is doubtful II
the geneva public under stard Willie
DR. Meg ynn has N ,intained digni.
tsd silence, the pre- 8 has been hiled
with semi mcial ttiteme nts, emsnat-
ing evidently from
THE ARcHEPIsooPAL PALACE,
or thoee in the archie piscopal couf.
dence, and srtiully calculabd d to p, ace
DIR. McGlynn IN n light which would
wean away from him the moral sup
port Of the par'shionera and the
Catholic public. think l can safely
state that all such stories as that Of
Dr.. McGlynn's , eg'ecing to open the
archiepiscopal letter, aud going on
performing his iunctions atler he had
been suspended, and all such s'ories
as that OF the venerable priest" tn
whom he proieesed conlriiion and
promised to go anywhere, which have
Oeen set forth 10 evidently inepired
articles and telegrsphed over the
whole country, are absolute falseho0ds.
And while + art was being left I'M
employed to humiliate, degrade and
isola'e the open handed, warm hearted
priest OF the poor," Archbishop Cor
rigan went over into the di0cese Of
BrooSlyn to honor, by taking the
principal part in his funeral, the de-
ceased
JAMES A. MHAsTER,
long the notorious editor OF the New
York FreemGn's Journal. This man,
noted for his venonous intoleranos,
WAS, daring the war, a blatant enemy
OF the American Urion, giving all the
ad and comfort he could to its enc.
mics, hoping for itq dsruption by the
intervention Of fJreign arms, and
sueeing a. our volunteers as utterly
unti to cope with the trained athletes
OF the army OF France" This hon
ored Of the SINE A Chbishop who had
just iDsuted the memory and
wounded The feelings OF the fam
lily Of deceased public official, Judge
AIker, because in his offic al capact y
rs the com missioner OF a public instr
tuition he had tailed to take tuch &C
ton as "His Gracs" saw a., was an
open enemy OF free government every.
where. AT the tune OF the %.i,isi
instruction in Spain he collec ed
dollars and offered prayers In aid OF
the resctionary rebellion against the
choice Of the great msjority Of the
Spanish people. He was also a pro
moter in the at empt TO raise pspsl
legion in the United States TO ftht
against the unity Of lta'y, and it was
largely at bis urgency that the Pope
was prevailed upon to send dis
credited American soldier,
ONE h'TAvIsH,
from Rome to this country to recruit
for foreign army. 1T would be u
gross inj lstIce to Catholic sentiment
in tbs United s stss 10 assume that
this outrageous attempt 10 Infringe our
neu raity laws Was aDcicned by IL.
On the cor airy, it was d emed 30
grave and dangerous a fc3ndal t. the
Catholic Church in Anne !ca that a
nu nber Of its highest dignitsrifs met
at Mount st, Mary's college, Enm IT,
burg, and by the pan OF Archbishop
McCloskey issued q caustic denuncia-
ton OF tae schsme and iIs promoters,
making Gu II ng allusion both to tho
exploded general .and the utr4mon.
tame journa ist--one Of the things that
the bitter McMaster could never for
rive ia tle gent 9 McCloskey. Mr..
Nc Master, who, in his foolish egotism,
fancied himself
SORT OF JOURNALISTIC PJPR
OF American Catholics, made his boast
that he was the man who scOlded and
bullie1 the Catholic church in Ameri-
ca into ite present precious policy OF
opposing the public schools. But he
had one quality which may just now
have red semed his character in the
eyes OF the Archbishop. He was a
bitter enemy OF Dr.. McGlynn, who in
all things was his antipodes, and bis
last public utterance v as calumny
against DR.. MCGlynp, whom he was
reported.in one of the daily papers as
charging witk having always been In
subordinate and with having quatreled
with Archbishop Hughes, whereas
eve, ybody acquainted with the subjec
knows that the relations betwsen
Archbishop Hughes aud DIR. McGyn
were always Of tho warmest character.
NO ANSWER FKOn ARCHBIBHOP
CORRIGAN.
A dispatch received this morning
froR New York does not make any
answer by Archbishop Oorhgan to
Henry George, but 1t recites the
events in the case of DR.. MEG ynn,
from which it appears that tho Arch
bishop has acted with great forbear-